STTR Phase I: Self-powered wireless leak detection sensor for pipeline monitoring

该小型企业技术转让研究（STTR）第一阶段项目将支持液压采集机制的开发，该机制与基于四通道声发射（AE）的泄漏和损坏检测硬件沿着电源管理电子设备相结合，以实现管道系统的自供电无线健康监测。通过理论仿真和实验测试相结合，针对典型输油管道系统的特点，对液压能量采集系统进行设计和优化。基于无线AE的泄漏检测和能量采集系统将与阻抗匹配和最佳电源管理集成，以实现最大效率。该项目的更广泛影响/商业潜力包括通过提供具有成本效益的损伤检测和评估解决方案，为土木工程和航空行业节省大量成本。通过我们的商业化努力，无线传感技术的进步将使研究人员能够利用我们的技术更好地了解导致大型复杂结构材料失效的降解机制。低成本、高灵敏度的传感器技术将通过具有成本效益的结构和材料状况评估和诊断来改善公共安全。

This Small Business Technology Transfer Research (STTR) Phase I project will support the development of the hydraulic pressure harvesting mechanism combined with four-channel acoustic emission (AE) based leak and damage detection hardware along with power management electronics to enable self-powered wireless health monitoring in pipeline systems. By combining our theoretical simulation and experimental testing, hydraulic pressure energy harvester systems will be designed and optimized for characteristics of typical oil pipeline systems. Wireless AE-based leak detection and energy harvester systems will be integrated with impedance matching and optimal power management to achieve the maximum efficiency.The broader impact/commercial potential of this project includes significant cost saving for both the civil engineering and aviation industries by providing a cost-effective solution for damage detection and evaluation. Through our commercialization efforts, advances in the wireless sensing technology will permit researchers to utilize our technology to better understand degradation mechanism leading to material failure in large and complex structures. The low-cost, high sensitivity sensor technology will improve public safety as a result of cost-effective structural and material condition evaluation and diagnostics.